GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
progeny | descendants |
haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
indissoluble | not dissoluble |
default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
demented | mad |
outgoing | going away : departing |
glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |